In Focus

In Kind 

Visual artists Janie Nicoll and Ailie Rutherford will give a short introduction to In Kind; a research project charting the hidden economies of the visual arts using Glasgow International 2018 as a case study. Participants will have the opportunity to map their own "in kind" scenario, and then discuss issues of self-exploitation and how this impacts on lack of diversity within the arts. The workshop will conclude in a collaboratively devised set of strategies and a list of demands for a fairer and more sustainable model for the arts economy.

About In Kind:

In Kind is a research project by visual artists Janie Nicoll and Ailie Rutherford, using Glasgow International 2018 as a case study. The project aims to map the hidden economies of the visual arts, charting the unseen and unaccounted efforts that enable the festival to take place, exploring unpaid labour, mutual support, favours and volunteer hours that go into making arts festivals happen.

Wish You Were Here

Diverse representation: Engaging with the politics, culture and heritage of home

In this introductory session and discussion Kerry Campbell will share her experiences of working regionally, discussing the urgency of culturally investing in where you live as well as the political and economic challenges of this approach. In a creative climate characterised by precarity and economic instability Campbell, will foreground collective organisation and counter-institutional practices as pragmatic and often necessary approaches, sharing creative curatorial strategies and ideas for mixed economy funding.

About Kerry:

Kerry Campbell (b.1990), Luton is a freelance curator and producer, founder and director of TMT Projects and Public Programmes Curator at Bloc Projects, Sheffield. Campbell's curatorial practice is informed by her interests in working class history, diversifying arts engagement and exhibition innovation.

How valuable is your network?

The Arts Emergency team will look at how personal contacts and networks have an impact on succeeding within the creative industries. Participants will be asked to reflect on their own careers, on where networks have gotten them so far and where they might lead. 

With a focus on mentoring and breaking down barriers, Arts Emergency will be looking at privilege, networking and how we can all share a little of what we have.

About Arts Emergency:

Arts Emergency is a charity and national support network for young people who don’t have influential contacts of their own. Through public donations and support, the charity currently helps over 400 young people aged between 16 and 24 as they consider career opportunities in the arts, which are so often reserved for the select and privileged few.